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AmiWest Lesson 2
AmiWest Lesson 1: Fundamentals
Basic Types
It is very important to under at least the basic types when programming. The following table summarizes the basic types used in AmigaOS as compared to standard C and C++ types:
| Current Type | Deprecated Type(s) | C | C++ |
|---|---|---|---|
| uint64 | n/a | uint64_t | uint64_t |
| int64 | n/a | int64_t | int64_t |
| uint32 | ULONG or LONGBITS or CPTR | uint32_t | uint32_t |
| int32 | LONG | int32_t | int32_t |
| uint16 | UWORD or WORDBITS or USHORT or UCOUNT or RPTR | uint16_t | uint16_t |
| int16 | WORD or SHORT or COUNT | int16_t | int16_t |
| uint8 | UBYTE or BYTEBITS | char or unsigned char | unsigned char |
| int8 | BYTE | signed char | signed char |
| STRPTR | n/a | char* | char* |
| CONST STRPTR | n/a | const char* | const char* |
